j.r. stone reports, finding solutions is proving especially challenging for city and community members. >>> right now, the gun violence is out of control. >>> the oakland city councilmember referring to the current crime state in oakland. monday, a man was going down to the block from the police department. at least 25 shell casings could be seen. the killing marks the latest in the surge of violence in the town. >>> the african-american community, the latino community, they were killing each other. i live in a community where i see gang activity grow. >> reporter: they are in the process of shifting resources from the police department. churches, schools and community members must come together. >> this is massive continuous disenfranchisement of the black community. >> reporter: she is part of the anti-police terror project. brooks says oakland police need to be defunded and that money should be reinvested in community services. >> we have chosen to invest in punitive and violent policing inst

j.r. stone reports, finding solutions is proving especially challenging for city and community members. >>> right now, the gun violence is out of control. >>> the oakland city councilmember referring to the current crime state in oakland. monday, a man was going down to the block from the police department. at least 25 shell casings could be seen. the killing marks the latest in the surge of violence in the town. >>> the african-american community, the latino community, they were killing each other. i live in a community where i see gang activity grow. >> reporter: they are in the process of shifting resources from the police department. churches, schools and community members must come together. >> this is massive continuous disenfranchisement of the black community. >> reporter: she is part of the anti-police terror project. brooks says oakland police need to be defunded and that money should be reinvested in community services. >> we have chosen to invest in punitive and violent policing ds t

here's abc7 news reporter j.r. stonelike seven, eight hours. >> this is just not acceptable. >> i cry because i'm like why? why is it taking so long? >> reporter: everyone there referring to california's edd, the office that handles unemployment claims, the one that had more problems this weekend. >> we knew they were going to be down part of the day yesterday, but then apparently the website is still down today which was not part of the maintenance plan and we have not been able to get an answer from edd. >> reporter: our calls and emails weren't returned either. state senator scott weiner said some of his staff members have spent all of their time over the last year trying to help people get the money they deserve with the website giving problems and phone lines down at times this weekend according to the site. more than 200 people reached out to me on facebook. tommy schofield lost his events job early in the pandemic now saying he hasn't been paid for a month and before that he was getting less money than he was supp

not 6:00 let's hear from j.r. stonef chase center in san francisco where watch parties are about to get going. there is some excitement in there, jr.'s >> reporter: the sun is out. the energy is building and quite frankly i don't think there is a better spot to watch warriors basketball than right here outside of the chase center with double nation. you look off here and i know the people aren't here but the game is at 7:00 but the size of that screen, it is big and it is going to be rocking outside of the chase center tonight. >> to be able to also be out there and be together with warrior fans coming together after covid i am excited to be around the nation. hopefully will show the lakers who is boss. we are ready to go. >> you are so excited that you died some of your hair worriers colors. >> i am committed. i am so committed. >> i got this gray hair watching all season during overtime games. i am in. >> you don't think your chairs will get lost in the wind? >> know. it will circle back around. >> have you heard of s

abc7 news reporter j.r. stone in pleasanton and got some advice on how to make the most of the heat. >> if you guys are wearing a jacket, take it off because it is hot. >> reporter: 6-year-old zoe little was braving the elements, the 90-degree weather in pleasanton, when we spoke with her on sunday. >> we were getting ready to go over here. when i got in my seatbelts, all the seatbelts were burning. >> reporter: yes, it was hot, but even a little heat couldn't stop this birthday party from happening at bernal community park, especially seeing that it's expected to get even hotter on memorial day monday with the heat advisory going into effect. >> when we first got here, it was 82 and then it turned up to be 90. so it's burning up here. >> my sister said it was going to be in the 80s today, it was just like oh, i'm really not used to being this hot. >> reporter: but with families together again and the football being thrown it appears a few tents was all that was needed to keep this party cool. >> it feels great. w

j.r. stoneh the potential impact here in the bay area [ speaking in spanish ] >> reporter: i have seen a lot of people with the same problem as me. we don't have a job and people like me can't find a job. that is what the translator to this woman in redwood city said with her husband and son. she could not hold back the tears wednesday night. [ speaking in spanish ] >> translator: my sadness is because i went all my savings for my daughters to continue their studies. >> reporter: wednesday the judge ruled against the national eviction moratorium, saying the cdc exceeded the authority to impose the ban. late wednesday the judge agreed to put a hold on her ruling pending appeal, but that still makes tenants rights advocates uneasy, especially since california's eviction moratorium is set to expire at the end of the june. >> the biggest concern is that the expiration date is coming and families will be in the street, so we will see a massive eviction as probably we haven't seen yet. >> over 40,000

in san francisco, j.r. stone, abc7 news. >>> abc7's commitment to building a better bay area includes exploring issues involving race and social justice. today california's new attorney general pledged to stand up against hate crimes. rob bonta made the remarks at an asian pacific american heritage month celebration in san francisco. he said the department of justice will work with police departments to insure officers know how to properly investigate hate crimes. bonta also wants to provide more resources to victims. >> we're also trying to provide greater support for our victims, our victim-centered approach in language, mental health services, trauma informed care. >> bonta is california's first filipino attorney general. >>> still ahead on abc7 news at 11:00, a tragic boat crash off the coast of southern california. dozens injured after a smuggling vessel capsized. >> we jumped in and did what we had to do. >>> we're now hearing from navy rescue swimmer who jumped in to help. >>> plus an international symbol

j.r. stone, abc 7 news. >>> tonight some new hope, high vaccination rates and continued masking and social distancing could bring a sharp decline in covid cases by july. >>> we have the path out of this and models once projecting really grim now offer reasons to be quite hopeful for what the summer may bring. >> but officials warn, variants remain a wild card and there could still be set backs. >> we're not out of the woods ry ose. >>> and vaccine booster shots become necessary, today moderna reported early data would be projected. >> moderna's role includes those that we've been hearing about in indiana, south africa and brazil. >> reporter: the biden admission is calling for patent protection. the goal is to let other nations produce their own. >> our objective is getting as much supply out into the global community as quickly as possible. >> and cvs says it now is accepting walk in appointments for covid vaccinations at more than 8,300 stores including more than 1,100 here in california. no a

j.r. stone has the story from sfo. >> reporter: cheering from passengers on a jet blue plane that departed new york's jfk enroute to san francisco international airport. it had to be diverted to minneapolis due to an unruly passenger. >> gesturing stabbing motions towards the other passenger and it was also observed erratic behavior and snorting a white substance. >> reporter: witnesses say that passenger had a bag full of that white substance, touched at least one other woman, made inappropriate comments to numerous female passengers, yelled racial slurs towards passengers upon boarding and refused to wear a mask. >> when he got to his seat, he started yelling that he wanted a white porsche. i don't know who he was talking to but that's what he was saying. >> he kept walking back and forth to had the bathroom. he had no shoes on. he smelled awful. >> reporter: in this video taken by a passenger, those on jet blue explained they had to move one female passenger away the man. upon landing in minn

j.r. stone, abc 7 news. >>> tonight some new hope, high vaccination rates and continued masking and social distancing could bring a sharp decline in covid cases by july. >>> we have the path out of this and models once projecting really grim now offer reasons to be quite hopeful for what the summer may bring. >> but officials warn, variants remain a wild card and there could still be set backs. >> we're not out of the woods yet. but we could be very close. >>> and should vaccine booster shots become necessary, today moderna reported early data would be projected. >> dea's role includes those that we've been hearing about in indiana, south africa and brazil. >> reporter: the biden admission is calling for patent protection. the goal is to let other nations produce their own. >> our objective is getting as much supply out into the global community as quickly as possible. >> and cvs says it now is accepting walk in appointments for covid vaccinations at more than 8,300 stores including more than 1,

j.r. stone, abc 7 news. >>> and getting a red flag warning this early in is pretty unusual. >> it really is. and let's bring sandhya patel. >> a reason for this is a growing warning deficit in the drought. northernly winds gusting 25 to 40. low humidity. any fires that develop quickly spread. look at the drought. all areas in red is extreme drought and that includes solano county. our rainfall deficit, santa rosa almost 2 feet behind where you should be in terms of average rainfall. san jose about 9 inches almost. winds right now gusting out of the north-northwest at 24. highest and the humidity it's come up a little bit but still pretty dry. 19% in brentwood. it's only going to be drier as we head into tomorrow afternoon. 18% in antioch. i'll be back to let you know when that fire danger will ease a bit and when much cooler weather and drizzle will enter the picture. dan and ama. >>> students marching for mario in the east bay. their call for justice for a man who died while under police custod

j.r. stone, abc 7 news. >>> and getting a red flag warning this early in is pretty unusual. >> it really is. and let's bring sandhya patel. >> a reason for this is a growing warning deficit in the drought. northernly winds gusting 25 to 40. low humidity. any fires that develop quickly spread. look at the drought. all areas in red is extreme drought and that includes solano county. our rainfall deficit, santa rosa almost 2 feet behind where you should be in terms of average rainfall. san jose about 9 inches almost. winds right now gusting out of the north-northwest at 24. highest and the humidity it's come up a little bit but still pretty dry. 19% in brentwood. it's only going to be drier as we head into tomorrow afternoon. 18% in antioch. i'll be back to let you know when that fire danger will ease a bit and when much cooler weather and drizzle will enter the picture. dan and ama. >>> students marching for mario in the east bay. their call for justice for a man who died while under police custod

reporting live in san francisco, j.r. stone, abc7 news. >> what a headache of a journey, just glad to see everyone made it to their destination. many thanks to you, j.r. >>> moving on, the nation's top health officials defended their new guidance about mask wearing today telling americans you do not need to wear a mask in most settings if you have been fully vaccinated. dr. rochelle walensky and dr. anthony fauci defended the cdc's new guidance from last week on the sunday morning talk shows. both said people who haven't been fully vaccinated should get their shot asap or keep on those masks until they do. >> we are asking people to take their health into their own hands, to get vaccinated and if they don't, then they continue to be at risk. >> if, in fact, this serves as an incentive for people to get vaccinated, all the better. i hope it does actually. >> more than 200 million americans are not yet fully vaccinated. >>> california health officials have yet to respond to the cdc guidance, but the state's nurses association is

abc news reporter j.r. stone has more on the critical fire conditions. >>> this is sky 7 video that may not be concerning to you, but look closer and you will see dead trees in some areas, alarming to some firefighters in the east bay regional park district which covers 123,000- acres in the bay area. >> when you have trees that are dead and standing like that, the fire dangers will have them throwing embers aloft into the wind. >> reporter: the fire chief say there is are a thousand acres of dead trees scattered among brush in the parkland located in alameda and contra costa counties. the park district has been working to remove them and will up their efforts next week in the redwood regional park. some of the dead trees are in tildon regional park and while some we talked to there didn't notice any differences -- >> it is a little drier than it would normally be, but ingerag >> others do notice changes that have come earlier in the season. >> the fuel is everywhere you walk. it just takes a little spark and the

here's j.r. stone. >> reporter: look closely at the top part of your screen. all new surveillance video from saturday near san francisco's palace of fine arts. someone gets out of a car, breaks into another, fights off someone running to stop them and gets back into the get away vehicle and speeds off. >> every day, more car break ins. >> reporter: crime in this area eased during the pandemic in 2020. there were just two larce theft cases through may within sight of the palace of fine arts. fast forward to april, 2021, it's a different story. according to datasf, 111 cases like this one reported during the same period of time. >> it is very, you know, it's concerning as a single female. >> we checked cases in april at other spots like laum bard street and the section of san francisco near the lake cliff house. cases are on the rise in both locations but not like it is in the palace of fine arts. 111 cases are more than double of what we saw during the same time in 2019. word has gotten around too. >> there are people who take everything out of the car. so it h